Bill Text: PA HB769 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for compensation and expenses of witnesses.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-06 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB769 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB769-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 859
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 769 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, KILLION, MELIO, MILLARD, MILLER, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 6, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
compensation and expenses of witnesses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5903(c) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 5903. Compensation and expenses of witnesses.
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(c) Travel.--Every witness, except a salaried police officer
attending a coroner's inquest during working hours, shall be
paid mileage at the business standard mileage rate [of 7¢]
established by the Internal Revenue Service for deductible
business mileage expenses for each mile circular actually and
necessarily traveled between the place named in the subpoena and
the place of residence of the witness.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.